House Passes New Disaster Aid Package, but Senate Remains at Impasse
Congress is still at an impasse over a disaster aid package that would provide billions of dollars to impacted communities across the country. While the Senate struggles to reach a compromise, the…
May 13, 2019Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – May 13, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 5/6). 2018 California…
May 13, 2019Middle-Income Households Typically Fare Well on Housing Measures Except in Some High-Cost Metros
A report by the Brookings Institution, Cost, crowding, commuting? Housing stress on the middle class, finds that middle-income households in the U.S. on average fare well on three measures of housing…
May 13, 2019Fact of the Week: Americans Across the Political Spectrum Overwhelmingly Support Affordable Housing Solutions
Source: NLIHC’s Opportunity Starts at Home Public Opinion Polling on Housing Affordability conducted by Hart Research, March 28, 2019.
May 13, 2019JustLeadershipUSA Joins Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee
JustLeadershipUSA (JLUSA) announced on May 1 that it is joining the Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign Steering Committee. JLUSA is a national advocacy organization…
May 13, 2019NLIHC in the News for the Week of May 5
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 5. “HUD says 55,000 children could be displaced under Trump plan to evict undocumented immigrants,” The…
May 13, 2019Where to Find Us – May 13
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Colorado NAHRO Conference, Vail, CO, May 15 New York Association for…
May 13, 2019NLIHC’s Diane Yentel Testifies Before Congress on Housing as Infrastructure
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on April 30 to assess the infrastructure needs of America’s housing stock. Witnesses included Diane Yentel, NLIHC president and CEO; Adrianne…
May 10, 2019New Swag and other Resources Now Available for Your Housing Week of Action Event!
New shirts, hats, buttons, and other resources are now available for your Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action events and activities taking place the week of May 30 to June 5. People…
May 10, 2019Trump Administration Proposes Rule to Evict Undocumented Immigrants from Public Housing
The Trump administration may publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register this week that would prohibit ineligible immigrants from living in HUD-subsidized housing. Under the rule, HUD will…
May 10, 2019Join NLIHC Webinar on HUD’s Proposed Section 3 Rule, May 8
HUD proposed long-awaited updates to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule in early April. NLIHC invites residents of all HUD-subsidized housing programs for a webinar on the subsidized housing features of…
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